MAKEUP PRODUCTS (NON-PERMANENT)

While many chemicals in beauty products and cosmetics pose hardly any or no risk, several dozen have been associated with serious health conditions, including developmental delays and cancer. Cosmetic chemicals enter a person's body through the skin, inhalation, ingestion and internal use, and cause the same risks as food chemicals, per this site.

Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer are found in food and various other commonly used items. However, no classification of consumer items is accountable to less government oversight than cosmetics, including Secret Garden Shimmering Powder Puff. While most of the chemicals in cosmetics likely present minimal risk, subjection to some has been linked to substantial health disorders, such as cancer.